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Melinda Laz shows that those who teach art can also create it

You can find art all over town -- not just on gallery walls. In this series, we'll be looking at some of the local artists who serve up their work in coffeehouses and other non-gallery businesses around town. McMean Elementary School art teacher Melinda Laz is breaking back into the...
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Local filmmakers unleash zombie doc Doc of the Dead at SXSW

The past ten years have made it apparent that there is no more room in hell, because everywhere you look, the dead are walking the earth. Zombies are a genuine pop-cultural phenomenon, starring in cable TV's most popular show, sitting at the center of tentpole film franchises and appearing in...
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Officer-involved shootings up in monitor’s report on Denver law enforcers

Earlier today, we highlighted one section from the Office of the Independent Monitor's annual report -- a recommendation for discipline against an officer who bloodied a handcuffed Patricia Lucero that wasn't accepted by the Manager of Safety's Office. But there's plenty of other interesting information in the seventy-page document, including...
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The best EDM shows in Denver in December

DECADENCE NYE at COLORADO CONVENTION CENTER | 12/30-12/31 Just to tease a few of the artists: Bassnectar, Beats Antique, Keys and Krates, Tiesto, Dada Life, Pretty Lights, Odesza, Above & Beyond, Paul Basic and 12th Planet. Need we say more? Decadence landed in Denver as a result of Triad Dragons'...
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Skillful editing brings clarity to The Square

Two words uttered in the dark — "What happened?" — open The Square, Jehane Noujaim's powerful, exacting depiction of Egypt's struggle for meaningful change. Several documentaries on the country's 2011 uprising, including Uprising and Tahrir: Liberation Square, rushed to answer that question, and suffered from a certain shortsightedness as a...
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The 10 best punk and DIY shows in Denver this March

Sat | Propagandhi at Summit Music Hall | 3/8/14 In an era where many punk bands form and release their first album less than a year after starting, Propagandhi's development seems remarkably long. Formed in 1986, playing its first live shows in 1989, the band released its early demos a...
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Town and Country

You never know what you’re going to get at the Museum of Outdoor Arts. This time around, it’s Urban Abstract/Rural Grid, a shape-shifting showcase of work by two veterans of the local scene, featuring encaustic paintings by Patricia Aaron and Chandler Romeo’s ceramic earthworks. It’s no accident that these two...
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Dear Stoner: What’s the safest way to indulge around babies?

Dear Stoner: I know the Stoner is on paternity leave. So I wonder, as a parent of a newborn, what precautions do you take when smoking marijuana?Baby Buds Dear Sugar Babe: This is Hazel Kush, guest Stoner — and also a new mom. There isn't a whole lot of scientific...
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Flavor revolves around carne al pastor at El Taco Veloz

In A Federal Case, I'll be eating my way up Federal Boulevard -- south to north -- within Denver city limits. I'll be skipping the national chains and per-scoop Chinese joints, but otherwise I'll report from every vinyl booth, walk-up window and bar stool where food is served. Here's the...